Great Personal Letters for Busy People: 501 Ready-to-Use Letters for Every Occasion [Paperback]

Dianna Booher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 16, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0071464980 | ISBN-13: 978-0071464987 | Edition: 1

Write the right letter or email--fast--with this handy reference guide

Since 1997, Dianna Booher’s Great Personal Letters for Busy People has been the go-to reference for anyone who is just too busy to sit down and write. The completely revised edition of this successful book updates all the letters and notes, making them ready to use for any business, personal, or social situation.

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From the Back Cover

So many letters, so little time!

Write the right letter or email--fast--with this handy reference guide

Your in-box is overflowing, but in our hurried age of instant information, who has the time to sit down and craft a well-worded letter, or even an eloquent e-mail message? Now you can tackle all your correspondence with help from communications expert Dianna Booher and her classic Great Personal Letters for Busy People.

Completely updated and expanded to include 201 brand-new sample letters, this guide gives you ready-to-use letters and notes for any business, personal, or social situation. From announcements to apologies, complaints to congratulations, and invitations to introductions, there's something to fit every occasion. Organized into twenty-eight categories for quick reference and featuring alternate phrases for customizing letters to your needs, this book gives you samples for:

• Engagements, weddings, and divorces
• Births, graduations, and job references
• Thank yous and apologies
• Resolving consumer problems
• Addressing credit, banking, and financial concerns
• Dealing with Medicare, social security, veterans affairs, and other government programs and issues
• Soliciting charitable contributions

About the Author

Dianna Booher is an internationally recognized business communications expert and the author of more than 40 books. She is founder and president of Booher Consultants, a Dallas-based communication training firm with numerous Fortune 500 clients, including IBM, Verizon, JP Morgan Chaise, Lockheed Martin, Frito-Lay, Caterpillar, and Bank of America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 591 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (December 16, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071464980
• ISBN-13: 978-0071464987
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #417,572 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dianna Booher helps organizations to improve productivity through effective communication: oral, written, interpersonal, and organizational.

As author of 45 books, published in 26 countries, and in 20 foreign languages, Dianna has published with Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, Warner, McGraw-Hill, Random House, Thomas Nelson, and Berrett-Koehler. Her latest books include
--Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader
--Communicate with Confidence!: How to Say It Right the First Time and Every Time (Rev. Edition)
--The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know
--Booher's Rules of Business Grammar: 101 Fast and Easy Ways to Correct the Most Common Errors
--Speak with Confidence!: Powerful Presentations That Inform, Inspire, and Persuade
--E-WRITING: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication
--From Contact to Contract
--Get a Life Without Sacrificing Your Career

Several have been selections by major book club selections.

Dianna has been interviewed by Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, FOX, CNN, CNBC,USA Today, National Public Radio, Dr. Laura Radio Show, The New York Times, Forbes.com, Washington Post, New York Newsday, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg, Boardroom Reports, Investor's Business Daily, Working Woman, Industry Week, McCall's, Cosmopolitan, Success, Entrepreneur, among other national radio, TV, and newspapers.

Executive Excellence Publishing named her as one of the "Top 100 Thought Leaders" of America and one of the "Top 100 Minds on Personal Development." She holds a master's degree in English from the University of Houston.

Dianna is founder and CEO of Booher Consultants, a leading communications training firm, whose clients include 145 of the Fortune 500 organizations, plus numerous governmental agencies. Booher trainers have taken Dianna's communication principles and techniques to organizations on six continents.

Programs offered by her firm include business and technical writing, proposal writing, presentation skills, customer service communication, interpersonal skills, resolving conflict, effective meetings, listening, and personal productivity.

Booher Consultants, Inc., has received vendor-of-the-year awards from clients such as IBM and Frito-Lay for Booher's overall impact on the organization.

Dianna's clients most often describe her keynotes at major conferences and conventions this way: "So many practical ideas I can use immediately" ... "Inspiring--you make me want to go out and do it now!"..."High energy!"

She delivers very focused keynotes and programs addressing clients' specific communication issues as well as programs on personal growth topics.

Dianna has received the highest awards in the professional speaking industry, including induction into the National Speakers Association's CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame®. Additionally, Successful Meetings magazine named Dianna on its list of 21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific resource, January 27, 2006

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Tim Brandhorst (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Personal Letters for Busy People: 501 Ready-to-Use Letters for Every Occasion (Paperback)

Dianna Booher has compiled an exhaustive collection of sample letters. From the busy person who just needs some help getting started, to those who find themselves in a situation where they know something in writing is warranted but just can't seem to find the right words, this book is a tremendous help; the letters are long, detailed, and anticipate many different possible situations you might be facing. Even if you think you are already a good letter writer, you will find good ideas galore. A very good reference book for anyone's bookshelf.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, February 23, 2006

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Jennifer (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Personal Letters for Busy People: 501 Ready-to-Use Letters for Every Occasion (Paperback)

I am a writer. I have written many letters for all sorts of reasons, so I thought, "How could someone write letters for me?" And then I opened the book. It was as if I had written the words on the pages. Amazing, truly amazing. I now have in my library a book that will save me hours in thinking up my own original version, and because letters now require much less time, I will be more likely to the send one that may otherwise have been put off. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Buy Dianna's book. Letters get action far more than phone calls or emails.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for boomer's, September 11, 2008

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This review is from: Great Personal Letters for Busy People: 501 Ready-to-Use Letters for Every Occasion (Paperback)

We all learned how to write in grade school but a lot of us have forgotten some basics.
For those of you that never diagrammed a sentence this is good and to each the younger generation how to WRITE a letter this is fantastic.